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Wolf Frankula

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35. "And Michael was a moonbeam maker" in the song 'Albert Flasher'

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:43 AM

Mar 2021

by Guess Who. For forty years I thought it was "And Michael was a movie maker."

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Anybody else realize that they've always heard the lyrics of a song wrong? [View all] raccoon Mar 2021 OP

When I was a kid d_r Mar 2021 #1

Haha! My friend thought that line was: Coventina Mar 2021 #20

In You're So Vain, I thought Carly Simon said Croney Mar 2021 #2

I admit that I've been wrong about it all these years EYESORE 9001 Mar 2021 #14

I thought the same XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #28

It's called a Mondegreen... elias7 Mar 2021 #3

MANY times in the past. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #4

all the time.. now I have alexa play the songs with lyrics samnsara Mar 2021 #5

For years I heard... DEbluedude Mar 2021 #6

I heard it the same as you did. NT raccoon Mar 2021 #7

Today I learned d_r Mar 2021 #9

That's what I thought catrose Mar 2021 #16

Me too -- till just now in fact. KPN Mar 2021 #10

A relative thought Tramps Like us , baby we were born to run XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #8

Ooooh. n/t Harker Mar 2021 #26

ya mean Hendrix didn't sing onethatcares Mar 2021 #11

Supposedly, Jimi was aware of the misheard lyrics EYESORE 9001 Mar 2021 #15

Bloom County 1988 Presidential Election Louie, Louie Lyrics: CottonBear Mar 2021 #12

Thank you! Every presidential election I think of this, as in "Better idea than debates." catrose Mar 2021 #17

You're welcome! That's a great idea! LOL! NT CottonBear Mar 2021 #23

That's why I like these soothsayer Mar 2021 #13

I always heard "in a godda da vida baby" .... eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 #18

I thought the same. XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #29

I'm afraid to ask, but I will anyway. 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #32

"Carefree Highway" by Gordon Lightfoot. Paladin Mar 2021 #19

The Christmas carol "We Three Kings" Coventina Mar 2021 #21

Another Christmas carol wnylib Mar 2021 #39

LOL! Coventina Mar 2021 #40

A typo got some laughs at a local church. wnylib Mar 2021 #41

#1 on this list: " Bathroom on the right" I can't believe I am the first to mention it! nt yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #22

CCR? Harker Mar 2021 #30

yes, CCR and yes he was NT yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #34

OMG! This is the first time that I have learned wnylib Mar 2021 #38

The Clasic Mondegreen: malthaussen Mar 2021 #24

"I took a luminous {something} to both headlights" gratuitous Mar 2021 #25

Skip James - Devil Got My Woman... Harker Mar 2021 #27

Old Lang's Eye lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #31

As a kid hurl Mar 2021 #33

"And Michael was a moonbeam maker" in the song 'Albert Flasher' Wolf Frankula Mar 2021 #35

My sister had an interesting interpretation of a line Mad_Dem_X Mar 2021 #36

"Tequila" by Dan & Shea Nevilledog Mar 2021 #37